Although Papua New Guinea’s public infrastructure investment has focused more on road upgrades until recently, the country’s dual hosting duties for the 2015 Pacific Games and 2018 APEC Summit have made airport upgrades a top priority. Ongoing construction is expected to see the number of airports offering international connections in the country increase from just one...
Some 15 of PNG’s 22 provinces are coastal or island provinces, with these regions also home to around 60% of the country’s inhabitants. Thus, road links outside the main cities are sparse, and commercial and passenger traffic from the periphery to the country’s urban centres is often done by sea. Furthermore, PNG occupies a strategic position on north-south routes...
The recent surge of natural resources out of Papua New Guinea, along with the inflow of manpower and material needed to develop industrial infrastructure, is fuelling demand for transportation and logistics services internally and internationally. Although the country lacks established international trade hubs and the associated scales of economy, the lure of PNG’s...
Given the remoteness of many communities and resource development projects which have limited or no access to other modes of transportation, air travel in Papua New Guinea plays a more vital role in economic and social development than its regional peers. In a number of cases, the country’s 22 airports serve as the only reliable link to the...
Rugged terrain, tropical climate and a widely dispersed population present formidable challenges to Papua New Guinea’s transportation sector as it struggles to keep pace with rising economic growth. While the influx of investment over the past decade as the result of the construction of the PNG Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project has been a...
Although the commercial, political and social centre of Papua New Guinea is firmly entrenched in Port Moresby, its agricultural and resource heartland lies squarely in the rugged Highlands region. Home to some 40% of the population, the fertile soil of the Highlands produces some of the most valuable cash crops including coffee, tea and cocoa...
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